Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 22:04:45 -0800 (PST) From: Rick Hamell <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com> To: Slim <jallen@aviating.com> Cc: FreeBSD Newbies <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Hardware Mystery Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103042203360.53104-100000@heorot.1nova.com> In-Reply-To: <3AA42C65.5FB8BDCC@aviating.com>
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Please ask questions in -questions. -Newbies is not for technical type questions. On a side note - your power supply is most likely going bad. Check the wattage. Rick ******************************************************************* Rick's FreeBSD Web page http://heorot.1nova.com/freebsd Ace Logan's Hardware Guide http://www.shatteredcrystal.net/hardware ***FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! http://www.freebsd.org On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Slim wrote: > I doubt this has any thing to do with FreeBSD directly, but here's the > problem: > > I recently acquired FreeBSD, and thought it would be a good idea to > install it and do my learning on a separate spare machine. I had a > recently retired P133 sitting around, and that was pressed into service. > > I installed FreeBSD on this machine, and since then, it has been > difficult to boot up. When the machine is turned on, it whirrs the CD > drive, the HD whirrs a bit, then stops. The signal light on the monitor > doesn't come on, either. After any number of re-sets and re-starts, it > will eventually work, the signal light goes on, and the boot up is > completed. > > My guess is that it is a hardware problem completely unrelated to > installing FreeBSD. I do not recall seeing this behavior in the past, on > this or any other machine. Any ideas/clues/suggestions. etc? > > TIA > > Jim Allen > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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